Stephen Rea (born October 31, 1946) is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in a number of high profile films, both Irish and international, such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto. Rea was nominated for an Academy Award for his lead performance as Fergus in the 1992 film The Crying Game.

Filmography

• 2026Listen — Dinny
• 2026The Journey of Weather-Exposed Bones — Matsuo Bashō (English)
• 2026You'll Never Believe Who's Dead — Charlie Bann
• Prime Target — Professor James Alderman
• 2023The Miracle Club — Frank Dunne
• 2022Nightride — Joe (voice)
• The English — Sheriff Robert Marshall
• 2020Disclosure — Fergus (archive footage)
• Flesh and Blood — Mark
• 2020Secrets from Putumayo — Narrator (voice)
• The Stranger — Martin Killane
• 2019Cyprus Avenue — Eric Miller
• 2019Greta — Brian Cody
• Thanksgiving — Melchior
• 2018Black '47 — Conneely
• 2018Unquiet Graves — Narrator
• Counterpart — Alexander Pope
• War and Peace — Vassily Kuragin
• Dickensian — Inspector Bucket
• 2015Ruby Strangelove Young Witch — Danforth
• 2014Out of the Dark — Jordan
• 2014The Curse of Styria — Dr. Hill
• The Honourable Woman — Hugh Hayden-Hoyle
• 2013Asylum — McGahey
• 2013Tasting Menu — Walter
• Utopia — Conran Letts
• 2012Stella Days — Brendan
• 2012Underworld: Awakening — Dr. Jacob Lane
• 2012Werewolf: The Beast Among Us — Doc
• 2011Blackthorn — Mackinley
• 2011Roadkill — Seamus
• The Shadow Line — Gatehouse
• 2010Ondine — Priest
• 2010The Heavy — Anawalt
• Father & Son — Augustine Flynn
• 2009Nothing Personal — Martin
• 2009Spy(ies) — M. Palmer
• 10 Days to War — General Tim Cross
• 2008Heidi 4 Paws — Doctor (voice)
• 2008Kisses — Down Under Dylan (uncredited)
• 2008The Devil's Mercy — Tyler
• 2007Celebration — Waiter
• 2007Stuck — Tom Bardo
• 2007The Reaping — Father Costigan
• 2007Until Death — Gabriel Callaghan
• 2006Sisters — Dr. Philip Lacan
• 2006Sixty Six — Dr. Barrie
• 2006V for Vendetta — Finch
• 2006V for Vendetta: Unmasked — Finch
• 2005Breakfast on Pluto — Bertie
• 2005River Queen — Francis
• 2005Tara Road — Colm
• 2004Bloom — Leopold Bloom
• 2004Control — Dr. Arlo Penner
• 2004Fluent Dysphasia — Murph
• 2004Proud — Barney Garvey
• 2004The End of the Affair: "Making of"
• 2004The Good Shepherd — McCaran
• 2004The Halo Effect — Fatso
• 2004The I Inside — Doctor Newman
• 2002Copenhagen — Niels Bohr
• 2002Evelyn — Michael Beattie
• 2002FearDotCom — Alistair
• 2001On the Edge — Dr. Figure
• 2001Snow in August — Rabbi Judah Hirsch
• 2001The Musketeer — Cardinal Richelieu
• 2000The King's Wake — King Conor
• 1999Guinevere — Connie Fitzpatrick
• 1999I Could Read the Sky — P.J.
• 1999In Dreams — Doctor Silverman
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Callum Donovan
• 1999The End of the Affair — Henry Miles
• 1999The Life Before This — Brian
• 1999This Is My Father — Mission Priest
• 1998Still Crazy — Tony Costello
• 1998The Butcher Boy — Da Brady
• 1997A Further Gesture — Sean Dowd, Idea
• A Scare at Bedtime
• 1997Double Tap — Cypher
• 1997Fever Pitch — Ray, the Governor
• 1997Sink Or Swim — Brian
• 1996Crime of the Century — Bruno Richard Hauptmann
• 1996Michael Collins — Ned Broy
• 1996Samuel Beckett: As the Story Was Told — Voice
• 1996The Last of the High Kings — Cab Driver
• 1996Trojan Eddie — Trojan Eddie
• 1995All Men Are Mortal — Fosca
• 1995Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea — Nikos
• 1995Citizen X — Lt. Viktor Burakov
• 1995Lumière & Company — (segment "John Boorman")
• 1995Shadow of a Gunman — Seamus Shields
• 1994Angie — Noel Riordan
• 1994Interview with the Vampire — Santiago
• 1994Princess Caraboo — Gutch
• 1994Prêt-à-Porter — Milo O'Brannigan
• 1993Bad Behavior — Gerry McAllister
• 1993Hedda Gabler — Eilert Lovborg
• 1992The Crying Game — Fergus
• 1991Life Is Sweet — Patsy
• Performance — Ejlert Lovborg, Seumus Shields
• Not with a Bang — Colin Garrity
• 4 Play — Paul
• 1989Endgame — Clov
• 1989Nobody Here But Us Chickens
• 1987Scout — Marshall
• Boon — Frank Warren
• 1986Shergar — Frankie
• Screen Two — Frankie
• 1985The Doctor and the Devils — Timothy Broom
• 1984Four Days in July — Dixie McConville
• 1984Loose Connections — Harry
• 1984The Company of Wolves — Young Groom
• 1984The House — The Soldier
• 1982Angel — Danny
• 1982Joyce in June — Stanislaus Joyce / McIntosh
• 1980Caleb Williams — Tyrell
• Caleb Williams — Tyrell
• Minder — Roddy Allan
• 1979The Out of Town Boys — Shay
• 1978On a Paving Stone Mounted
• 1978Thank You, Comrades — Mayakovsky
• 1978The Seagull — Constantin
• BBC2 Play of the Week — Pavel Hollar
• 1977Professional Foul — Hollar
• The Hollywood Greats
• The Professionals — Pellin
• 1976Early Struggles — Chas
• Days of Hope — Reporter
• I Didn't Know You Cared — Carter Brandon
• Saturday Night Live — Fergus (uncredited)
• 1974Fugitive — Peter
• 1974K Is for Killing — Arden Buckley
• 1973A Place Called Ardoyne — Narrator (voice)
• Thriller — Arden Buckley
• The Moonstone — Major Frayne
• Stage 2 — Donal Davoren
• 1970Cry of the Banshee — Villager
• Play for Today — Shay, Peter
• BBC Play of the Month — Konstantin Treplev
• The Body Is Water — Mr M
• Visitation

Appearances as themselves (12)

• 2025Stephen Rea: The Fire in Me Now — Self
• 2022Brian Friel: Shy Man, Showman — Self
• 2022The Ghost of Richard Harris — Self
• 2021Sadie — Self - Lyric Theatre
• 2019Lost Lives — Self (voice)
• 2019Searching for Sam: Adrian Dunbar on Samuel Beckett — Self
• 2018Hard Border — Self
• 2010Harold Pinter: A Celebration — Self
• 2000In the Shadow of the Vampire: The Making of Interview with the Vampire — Self
• 1983Chekhov in Derry — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee
• The Oscars — Self